Game Boy World #031: The go-like twofer (Patreon)

Published:

2015-05-24 16:15:44

Imported:

2024-04

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Please let me blow your mind by presenting the third Game Boy World video in the space of a week. Unthinkable! This one's a little different than usual in that it covers two games instead of one. Given their close chronological proximity and similar themes, though, it made sense to put them into a single episode. I'm sure there'll be many more multi-title episodes going forward. In a sad twist, this morning when I went to look up the copyright credit for the footage from A Beautiful Mind I'd rounded up for this, I discovered the inspiration for that film — John Nash — died this morning in a car accident. So here's to Mr. Nash, may he rest in peace.

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Game Boy World #031: Othello [Kawada, 1990] & Taikyoku Renju [Towa Chiki, 1990]

In February of 1990, Japanese Game Boy owners were treated to two curiously similar board game adaptations in a row: Kawada's portable rendition of Othello, and Towa Chiki's gomoku renju game Taikyoku Renju. Both can trace their origins back to the classic Japanese board game Go.